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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
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The space on the concourse level at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. is being renovated for a new 174-seat restaurant.
Seven IG candidates picked for interviews
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Work begins on Riverplace café Preliminary work began Monday to transform the groundfloor restaurant space at Riverplace Tower into the 5Loaves 2Fish Café. Chef Toben Stubee said he anticipates a $310,000 investment to turn the 10,000-square-foot space on the concourse level in the Southbank riverfront tower into a 174-seat café that should open in late October or November. Stubee intends to continue to operate his 5Loaves 2Fish Mobile Kitchen food truck, but trim the schedule. He expects to hire 12-14 employees to start at the café and double that when he begins to
offer dinner. Hours will start with breakfast and lunch 7 a.m.-3 p.m. MondayFriday. He will add a weekend brunch, probably on Sunday, after a few months and offer dinner starting in the second year. Stubee also has catering space on the plaza level directly above the café that can accommodate 250 people. He started the mobile kitchen in June 2014. His wife, Debbie, is
a teacher and helps when she can. He said she will more than likely come to the restaurant full time “once things are going well.” The riverfront space offers a skyline view of the Northbank. River City Contracting is the contractor and Hota Design Studio LLC is the architect. The 5loaves2fishtruck.com said the menu is inspired by what’s in season and it never uses frozen, packaged or pre-made products. It calls the food “Contemporary Regional American,” which incorporates modern cooking techniques with regional and ethnic influences. MATHIS CONTINUED ON PAGE A-2
Committee may seek additional applicants
A committee with oversight on selection and retention of an inspector general has decided it has enough interest to at least hear from seven candidates. That wasn’t the case in July when the panel said it had five qualified applicants for the job and decided to rebroadcast the position. Now, the Inspector General Selection and Oversight Committee will interview the candidates Monday with the goal of picking one to replace Tom Cline, the first inspector general. He was in the role for about a year before abruptly resigning in late April. Steve Rohan, a retired assistant general counsel, has since filled in on an interim basis and guided the office through a transition that included the annual budget process. The latest call for applicants ended last week and brought in more than 20 possibilities, which the committee whittled to seven. The seven who will be interviewed: • Kevin Donovan, a section chief with the FBI • Scott Ando, most recently with the Independent Police Review Authority in Chicago • Lisa Green, director of investigations for the current Office of Inspector General • Richard Holmgren, most recently the deputy inspector general for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission • James Hoffman, general counsel for the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command • Maxine Person, chief financial officer for the Jacksonville Housing Authority • Neftali Carrasquillo Jr., director of special investigations and review for the New York City Transit Authority. “It’s actually pretty good, I think,” said Rohan on the interest level this go-round. However, he understands why maybe more didn’t come forward. If anyone interested is in the state inspector general system, their pensions can’t I.G. CONTINUED ON PAGE A-4
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By David Chapman Staff Writer
‘Some bridges need more love than others’ Main Street span getting $10.7M renovation By Max Marbut, Staff Writer
Bridge’s namesake John T. Alsop served as Jacksonville mayor from 1923-37 and 1941-45. His 18 years in the office make him the city’s longest-serving mayor. He died in 1958 at age 83.
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When a machine has operated 24/7 for more than 75 years, it’s going to need a lot of maintenance and upkeep. That’s certainly true of the John T. Alsop Bridge Downtown, usually referred to as the Main Street Bridge. It was closed this past Friday from 6:30 p.m. until 8 a.m. Sunday. The span that allows U.S. 1 to connect the Northbank and Southbank will be closed 6:30 p.m.-6 a.m. today through Thursday and Sept. 18-23, with the exception of Wednesday, Sunday and Sept. 21, when the bridge will be closed 9 p.m.-6 a.m. The closures are needed to allow the Florida Department of Transportation to sandblast and then paint portions of the bridge, as well as to upgrade some of its operating systems. The electrical control system is being replaced, along with traffic and sidewalk gates, the lightning protection system and the closed-circuit television cameras that give operators a live view
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of traffic. In addition, the control house at the top of the draw span will get new air-conditioning and heating systems, water and sanitary sewer lines and floor tile. The project, with a budget of $10.7 million, is scheduled to be complete in spring. The work follows a project completed in May 2015 for $11.2 million to improve the sidewalks along both sides of the bridge and replace the handrails with crash-resistant steel barriers. That work also included structural maintenance and replacing some of the steel cables that help raise and lower the vertical lift span. “Some bridges need more love than others,” said Hampton Ray, transportation department spokesman. The bridge is 1,680 feet long, including the 365foot vertical lift span, which is the longest on any drawbridge in Florida. It is raised and lowered about 1,400 times a year and more than 30,000 vehicles travel over it each day. After two years of construction at a cost of $1.5 MAIN STREET CONTINUED ON PAGE A-3
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